Payne, John, fl. 1727-1732 to George Davis re: report from meeting with Sidi Ahmet Caramanli
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02794.132 Author/Creator: Payne, John, fl. 1727-1732 Place Written: Lazaretto, Malta Type: Manuscript document Date: 1809/02/22 Pagination: 4 p. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy
Payne reports that Sidi Ahmet "professed and appeared to feel much satisfaction at the offer made by his brother of the sovereignty of Derna, but requested a guarantee of his safety . . . I demanded to know unequivocally whether he accepted the proposition made him, and His Excellency replying without hesitation in the affirmative, I delivered him the letter with which I was charged by the Bashaw." After describing the negotiations over details of the offer, Payne concludes: "[i]n all my conversations with Sidi Ahmet I have endeavoured to impress upon His Excellency that the Government of the United States are entirely unconcerned in this transaction . . . " Also mentions that Sidi Ahmet plans to send one of his sons to Tripoli as a gesture of good will. Scribal copy bound together with GLC 2794.118, .120-.124, .128-.133, .135-.145 and .147-.151. (Letter #15 in bound volume.)
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